CVE-2009-2690 Information

Description

The encoder in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 and OpenJDK grants read access to private variables with unspecified names which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an untrusted (1) applet or (2) application.

Reference

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36162 http://secunia.com/advisories/36176 http://secunia.com/advisories/36180 http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-16-1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513223 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9443 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html